Total Pilot Wages & Salaries and Benefits & Payroll Taxes per Pilot Employee Equivalent
NO ADJUSTMENTS MADE
   
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
American  $             148,114  $             151,747  $             170,627  $             179,756  $            170,470  $             175,025  $             165,621  $             176,081  $              185,263  $              186,452  $             200,862  $             207,245  $             208,578  $            200,371  $             198,352  $             205,628  $            207,135  $             190,918  $               189,508  $               195,075  $             263,754  $              275,644  $              300,108  $              295,769  $              303,591  $              323,688
Continental  $             103,394  $             123,695  $             139,131  $             168,220  $            174,774  $             181,928  $             179,697  $             152,212  $              215,663  $              204,600  $             178,055  $             164,765  $             164,903  $            163,573  $             187,454  $             180,014  $            208,281  $                        -    $                         -    $                         -    $                        -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -  
Delta  $             164,191  $             199,395  $             162,410  $             148,683  $            164,772  $             166,975  $             204,090  $             227,478  $              290,434  $              305,559  $             241,786  $             210,746  $             151,789  $            151,805  $             162,196  $             186,099  $            194,370  $             208,360  $               247,175  $               261,773  $             265,695  $              301,135  $              297,600  $              301,697  $              328,598  $              309,594
Northwest  $             182,253  $             166,978  $             156,552  $             176,605  $            166,768  $             165,876  $             175,568  $             194,557  $              223,981  $              234,606  $             225,077  $             176,024  $             167,457  $            159,975  $             243,788  $                       -    $                      -    $                        -    $                         -    $                         -    $                        -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -  
United  $             159,962  $             173,444  $             169,535  $             164,207  $            142,134  $             164,065  $             191,148  $             267,626  $              186,083  $              199,532  $             163,611  $             161,213  $             160,425  $            169,114  $             184,357  $             177,574  $            161,797  $             191,140  $               221,804  $               245,052  $             243,537  $              274,194  $              304,295  $              323,147  $              329,710  $              332,142
US Airways  $             172,290  $             195,289  $             215,733  $             193,730  $            191,765  $             180,989  $             231,355  $             264,098  $              247,113  $              224,312  $             164,239  $             525,855  $             419,214  $            162,636  $             159,089  $             157,464  $            156,521  $             157,139  $               160,849  $               208,781  $                        -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -  
American West  $               97,040  $             102,225  $             106,879  $             105,497  $               92,601  $             121,791  $             122,291  $             114,126  $              123,359  $              133,308  $             134,654  $                       -    $                        -    $                       -    $                        -    $                       -    $                      -    $                        -    $                         -    $                         -    $                        -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -  
 --sub Network  $             155,204  $             169,028  $             166,960  $             167,155  $            161,338  $             169,327  $             186,019  $             207,745  $              214,641  $              219,479  $             196,074  $             208,016  $             205,068  $            170,766  $             186,896  $             185,133  $            189,110  $             192,495  $              214,531  $              233,100  $             257,957  $              283,703  $              300,496  $              305,956  $              319,972  $              321,276
Southwest  $             128,546  $             128,382  $             133,723  $                        -    $            134,959  $             126,992  $             128,497  $             134,976  $              167,686  $              182,789  $             196,794  $             219,569  $             205,164  $            209,040  $             213,889  $             237,803  $            247,315  $             230,284  $               244,632  $               255,105  $             305,731  $              317,277  $              325,242  $              312,477  $              331,305  $              399,480
AirTran  $                       -    $                        -    $                        -    $               61,723  $               72,523  $               76,233  $               86,602  $               95,684  $              101,721  $              114,430  $             111,555  $             114,116  $             116,841  $            118,446  $             123,283  $             127,934  $            148,659  $                        -    $                         -    $                         -    $                        -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -    $                         -  
jetBlue  $                       -    $                        -    $                        -    $                        -    $                       -    $               25,905  $               78,126  $             124,887  $              130,249  $              120,455  $             113,812  $             124,203  $             137,633  $            140,948  $             164,264  $             185,836  $            183,963  $             196,536  $               211,974  $               218,190  $             240,802  $              236,059  $              234,860  $              264,683  $              289,334  $              267,042
Alaska  $             127,815  $             130,439  $             139,237  $               65,187  $               66,770  $             165,791  $             176,364  $             198,712  $              227,955  $              223,297  $             211,407  $             192,768  $             195,817  $            181,722  $             257,848  $               75,229  $              76,382  $             232,843  $               240,093  $               239,914  $             232,206  $              227,056  $              243,696  $              265,324  $              263,943  $              234,799
Virgin America  $                       -    $                        -    $                        -    $                        -    $                       -    $                        -    $                       -    $                        -    $                         -    $                         -    $                       -    $                       -    $                        -    $                       -    $               86,248  $               34,721  $              39,372  $             113,286  $               131,242  $               165,156  $             188,299  $              188,899  $              215,759  $                         -    $                         -    $                         -  
Hawaiian  $             110,286  $             106,281  $             110,400  $             102,420  $         2,456,399  $             101,486  $             131,195  $             159,324  $              157,866  $              210,747  $             216,822  $             192,896  $             173,544  $                       -    $             188,636  $             190,656  $            179,864  $             200,830  $               221,984  $               216,990  $             247,371  $              228,897  $              240,787  $              253,417  $              251,877  $              279,418
 --sub LCC  $             126,857  $             127,318  $             125,265  $             168,836  $            104,112  $             125,146  $             132,562  $             143,835  $              167,475  $              176,888  $             177,677  $             184,831  $             178,694  $            182,159  $             193,501  $             160,194  $            164,026  $             217,724  $              231,577  $              240,114  $             274,128  $              277,251  $              284,734  $              290,792  $              305,694  $              331,544
Allegiant  $                       -    $                        -    $                        -    $                        -    $                       -    $                        -    $                       -    $                        -    $                         -    $                         -    $                       -    $               57,590  $               56,318  $               66,739  $               75,781  $               95,758  $            103,236  $             105,732  $               112,719  $               109,780  $             112,711  $              125,656  $              167,103  $              193,768  $              185,340  $              178,018
Frontier  $                       -    $                        -    $                        -    $               30,627  $               32,426  $               42,209  $             115,238  $             124,813  $              124,057  $              126,493  $             112,204  $             115,083  $             123,788  $            122,700  $             108,157  $             112,943  $            113,422  $             116,122  $               115,778  $               143,346  $             181,781  $              171,801  $              166,083  $              237,202  $              220,599  $              214,858
Spirit  $                       -    $                        -    $                        -    $                        -    $               18,703  $               79,274  $               74,513  $               78,428  $                92,114  $                94,831  $             114,820  $             123,459  $             126,189  $            106,962  $             126,388  $             129,031  $            129,996  $             131,721  $               129,506  $               135,320  $             141,024  $              145,794  $              121,056  $              161,810  $              200,365  $              204,946
 -- sub Other  $                       -    $                        -    $                        -    $               30,627  $              24,390  $               53,643  $               95,105  $             102,812  $              105,512  $              104,741  $               98,894  $             109,128  $             111,751  $            105,429  $             106,064  $             114,076  $            116,893  $             119,945  $              121,242  $              132,106  $             148,245  $              149,290  $              144,839  $              190,343  $              203,427  $              202,459
Total All Sectors  $             152,667  $             164,856  $             161,113  $             166,238  $            151,598  $             163,082  $             178,733  $             197,702  $              205,469  $              209,748  $             190,188  $             200,574  $             196,224  $            171,276  $             186,015  $             175,494  $            178,975  $             196,331  $              215,027  $              230,015  $             255,959  $              273,425  $              284,871  $              292,842  $              306,450  $              313,202
Notes:  The full effect of each Delta's and Northwest's restructuring of financials and operations are not fully reflected in 2006.
Pilot Cost includes: salaries and wages, benefits and pensions, payroll taxes and personnel expenses impacted by collective bargaining terms.
Note: Does not include any profit sharing reported outside of Schedule P-5.2 (some airlines appear to report profit sharing for pilots in Schedule P-6)
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41, Schedules P52 & P10.